The Resume

(May 4, 1941- )
Resides in Washington, D.C.
Writes for 'Newsweek'
Pundit on ABC News
Former Washington editor of 'The National Review'
Former aide to Ronald Reagan
Wrote 'The Pursuit of Happiness and Other Sobering Thoughts (1978),' 'The Pursuit of Virtue (1982),' 'The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses (1986),' 'Suddenly: The American Idea Abroad and At Home (1990),' 'The Leveling Wind (1994),' 'The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric (1997)' and 'With a Happy Eye But . . . America and the World (2002)'

Why he might be annoying:

He is a bow-tie-wearing fancy-pants.
He has snobbish tastes and a prissy manner.
He dismisses ordinary Americans as 'vulgarians.'
He goes on and on about how horrible television is.
He paints the Republican Party as the home of the intellectual and cultural elite - exactly the opposite of the 'common man' approach taken by George W. Bush (and many others).
His official biography suggests that 'he may be the most influential writer in America.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He is a clear, readable writer.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1977).
He is knowledgeable about many various subjects.
He loves baseball.
He is passionate about his beliefs.
Like most politically engaged people, he truly loves his country (at least, his version of it).

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Like Me
• Bow Tie Wearers
• Celebrity Washington National Fans
• Chickenhawks
• Dana Carvey Impersonations
• Donald Trump Doesn't Like Me
• Egg Heads
• Huge Eye Wear
• I Attended Stanford
• I Attended Trinity College [Hartford, Connecticut]
• I Attended University of Illinois [Urbana, Champaign]
• I Sat in the Commanders Owner's Box
• I Sung 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' at Wrigley Field
• Influenced by Reinhold Niebuhr
• Jane Fonda Doesn’t Like Me
• Linked to Ronald Reagan
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Bow Tie
• Media Matters’ Misinformer of the Year (Ranked: 2014)
• Michael McKean Impersonations
• Nerds and Nebbishes
• News
• Political Pundits
• Profiles 11751-12000 (Ranked: 11986)
• Rodent Faces
• Sissies
• Starbucks ‘The Way I See It’ Quotations
• Terrier Owners
• Wannabe Brits
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 3]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 37 Votes: 70.27% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 76 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 124 Votes: 52.42% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 34 Votes: 55.88% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 66 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 68 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 74 Votes: 60.81% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 94 Votes: 58.51% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 267 Votes: 75.66% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 223 Votes: 72.20% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 420 Votes: 69.76% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 335 Votes: 70.15% Annoying